15
2012
Shoppach Will Wear Uniform No. 6
An article by Hojo's Mojo
Kelly Shoppach: Will he be the answer?
As expected, the Mets announced they have activated Kelly Shoppach in time for tonight’s game against the Reds.
To make room for Shoppach on the active roster, the Mets optioned Rob Johnson to Triple-A Buffalo.
Shoppach will wear uniform #6. He was acquired yesterday from the Boston Red Sox on a waiver claim for a player to be named later.
Shoppach, 32, hit .250 (35-140) with five home runs, 12 doubles and 17 RBI in 48 games with the Red Sox this season.
The 6-0, 220-pound native of Fort Worth, TX, joined the Red Sox this year after spending two seasons with Tampa Bay. Shoppach, who bats and throws right-handed, has .227 (324-1428) lifetime batting average and 64 home runs and 197 RBI in 508 games with Boston, Cleveland and Tampa Bay.
Original Post 8/14
The Mets have acquired righty-hitting catcher Kelly Shoppach from the Red Sox for a player to be named later after placing a waiver claim on him.
Shoppach, 32, hit .250 (35-for-140) with five homers and 17 RBIs in 48 games with Boston this season. He is due to be a free agent after the season. Shoppach is a career .270 hitter against left-handed pitching.
Rob Johnson is most likely the odd man out as Shoppach is expected to join the team on Wednesday. Johnson and Mike Nickeas have hit a combined .196 (30-for-153) with one homer and 17 RBIs this season.
In other news, LHP Garrett Olson has cleared waivers, and is headed back to Triple-A Buffalo, according to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York. Olson was designated for assignment when Johan Santana was activated from the disabled list on Saturday.
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So we acquire one light hitting catcher to replace another?
Ah, Mitch, you do realize he has more dingers than the three other catchers we’ve used this seasoned combined–?
I’m still not impressed
LOL We got a guy who hits like Jason Bay does here only he did it where Jason bay could actually hit in Boston!
A RH Hitter with such a low average in Boston is not very encouraging is it?
This is just another move to appear like we are doing something without actually doing anything!
Just more FO slight of Hand!
Anyone who really gets upset with this move has not been looking at our minors closely. There are no prospects at AA or AAA. He does hit fairly well and way better than Nickeas and Johnson.
While I don’t think this is earth-shattering, I like the move and I think it will be better than watching Johnson and Thole as our Lametoon..
Nice little move and clearly better than the in-house options. He is certainly not a full-time option and I would prefer David Ross, but he hits lefties and he has pop which is something we really need.
Overall a good move…
R we playing to make the playoffs this year? Is the lord going to pay him to stay after this year? Number one question is a joke. If the answer to two is NO then the move is worthless.
100% AGREED!
Andy McCullough @McCulloughSL
The Mets do view Shoppach as a player they might want to bring back for 2013.
Agreed!
This move would had made sense over a month ago (although it wouldn’t had solved the problem, just alleve it). Right now its useless.
thats right , besides he is a MINOR addition , really NOT that much of an upgrade for the team , this move should have made at the break
What if the Red Sox weren’t selling him at the break?
its is not about which player , its about that a move should have made earlier
I don’t buy it. Soto was the only catcher traded before the deadline. It was not like there was a ton of help out there, readily available. And since the pitchers apparently love throwing to Johnson and Nickeas, then I don’t see the value in trading for a poor defensive catcher with little power who’s gotten exactly five more hits than the other two.
YES! YES! YES!
A few months late but YES!!!
Your excitement is to be applauded, but I don’t share it. Kelly Shoppach? Really?
Totally agree “Even Flow.” There are no catching prospects in the Mets system that are even close to major league ready. Centeno has been interesting to watch but he has 0, as in zero [nada] homers. The one guy at St. Lucie is the catcher coming up other than the newly drafted Purdue guy.
BTW: Are you a Pearl Jam fan?
@Xtreem: I’ve been a Shoppach fan for the last few years and I value him for his defense, like I have acknowledged in the past. This is a move they should’ve made before the break so we could’ve avoided Nickeas & Johnson. Plus, he’s a step up from Thole. That excites me enough.
@gorge: Exactly. We have VERY limited catching depth that isn’t remotely decent. Centeno and Plawecki are years away and they could fall apart before they even see the show. I want some legit catching that needs how to call a game, that can be a leader: Something Thole will never be.
And yes, I’m a HUGE Pearl Jam fan, hence the username. Thank you for being the first one here to catch the reference.
Fair enough. I hope I’m wrong.
I was “Mother Love Bone” fan and almost saw “Mookie Blaylock” before they became Pearl Jam. BYW: “Even Flow” was my favorite song on that album!
Anyway, nice to share the same, correct, opinion about Shoppach. I think he will be an asset, although, who knows what will happen as he’s probably developed a layer of rust over the last 3 weeks from not being used.
Hey Gorge,
My cousin is the publicity manager for Pearl Jam and travels the world with them – lot’s of times ahead of them too!
Ain’t that cool?
I don’t see how Shoppach can excite anyone. He’s a nice backup but he’s not the solution the the Mets catching problems – We still need a good starting catcher .
Again, all this excitement and not one of you can even hint that he’ll be here next year. All this applause for a move that does nothing for this year and most probably nothing for next year . I guess the cult needed something to hang the hat on.
Man, shut the **** up with your idiotic rambling!
What’s the most he’s ever made? $3 million? He’s making about $1.1 million. To think he won’t be brought back is completely asinine. I’ll take someone like him before the 3 stooges (Nickeas, Thole, Johnson). Once management gets their heads out their asses by realizing that Thole isn’t what they see, the catching core will only get better.
^ This.
Ah, jessups’ most intelligent post ever. The puppet club is helpless without their lord’s words to regurgitate. Well, now, sandy spoke on the pre game show. you can have something to say now. Please do tell us what the company line is jessup. Now you can tell what the lord is plannong on doing and you can write it like its your thought.
Ah yir string, can’t answer any g-d simple question so they revert to what they know best…. curse.. .always the ansers for morons!!! proud of you…. you make it obvious why you live on your string… go get the sandy fax so you can speak his mind … until theb, your brave ignorant cursing just shows your true self, and your buddy jessup’s, who I;m sure called you and begged you to write something intelligent.
It doesn’t matter what alias you are HARRY (oops, did I blow your cover?), you are still the same dimwitted idiot that always comes back for more. Tsk tsk. Unlike you, I dont have to hide under 36618627 different names and continue to attack the same people who are not interested in their little advances. When will you learn, you little fairy?
Read the portion after the first sentence and READ the answer to your stupid question about whether Shoppach will be back or not. I know you’re retarded, but I have faith in you, little soldier!
This.
None of the good catchers are available, which is why there is a hint of excitement that this trade happened. Plus, I can’t even remember the last trade the Mets executed this season, so 1 minor move like this is at least something better than watching the paint dry.
or watching Santana pitch … or Jason Bay step into the On Deck circle! I’ll take Shoppach over much of what I’ve seen since the July plunge.
Thoughts arrive like butterflies
This is pathetic. Who cares, we are out of the playoff race and he will be a free agent after the year. And HE STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes because Thole is so much better….
another cluless response by a cult puppet who hasn’t received the marching orders….. Or are they dancing string orders?
This coming from someone coming off the short yellow bus who cant even spell “clueless”. So I guess you think Thole’s better? Do yourself a favor and rename yourself “AmazinLY RETARDED”. Be gone, pissant.
LMAO. Amazin Arsewhole!
Good comeback! This guy proves the ancient saying’ “Once a troll, always a troll”.
This move should have been made during the AS break … when Nickeas was hitting way less than his weight with little power. The Red Sox were barely even using him since then so I doubt they were being difficult in giving him up.
Why do you think the Red Sox were barely using him?
Salty and their new rook are better … but Shoppach is better than what we have. Thole is ok for a lefty platoon, but neither Johnson nor Nickeas should be at the MLB level.
If Lavarnway was better, then why wasn’t he playing? Why didn’t the Sox just shop Shoppach at the deadline?
I hope I’m wrong, but Shoppach’s not an upgrade. He’s making a move for the sake of it.
Their GM was said back then that he felt they were still in the hunt and he was looking for ways to get them in position for a “run.” I don’t think the Mets were offering any good prospects so the Sox held out.
Plus Cherington’s wife had their 1st baby in mid July – so maybe he was busy
Those things play a major role in our lives.
A new low for the puppet cult moron leader…. The Sox couldn’t make a deal because the GMs wife had a baby. Wow!!!! Jessup tried to use his brain and failed…… again…and again…..
So being in the hunt and wanting to make a run means playing the lesser catcher?
I am resigned to the fact that the Mets are in year 26 of a 100 year championship drought.
Bobby V. has a soft sport in his heart for his old team.
Kelly Shoppach has just as many HR as Thole, Tejada, Torres, Baxter, Turner, Nickeas and Johnson combined
LOL!
If this guy is worth a player to be named later then how the hell can people say guys like Familia, Flores, and Duda are worth nothing?
I mean really?
This is a good move, a good acquisition but there is no way in hell to get a decent player for one of those guys I mentioned?
Why? Because they wear a Met jersey?
Note for the brain dead who like to twist what everyone says…I was not suggesting ths was a good move just quoting those who think it was above!
Career ops far superior to Jeff francouer at a prime defensive position. Like it.
Much ado about nothing.
Again, a brilliant and shrewd move by Daddy Sandy!